Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read
Published May 2, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.14%
Description
Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read.
Affected products
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- Version 2.7.10StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The RXVT Project | Rxvt | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- n/a
Configuration 2
- 9.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02135) | 81.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.14% (0.02135) | 79.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00146) | 51.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00146) | 49.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00106) | 41.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 27.56th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 26.95th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 62.47th | v1 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 0.00th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.78% (0.00777) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory |
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